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The colorful improvisations of the Norwegian quartet Avian Art explore the musical spectrum through beautiful thematic developments, abstract soundscapes, and intense musical tension. After two releases and numerous concerts, the ensemble has established an expression where musical ideas are developed, twisted, and turned, like an ecosystem in slow change. Small nuances in the music create a foundation for a living and organic soundscape, which grows in harmony with the ensemble’s attentiveness and presence.
On March 21, 2025, the band will release their third album A Ripple Song on Musicwelike Records, this time in collaboration with multi-instrumentalist and Edvard Prize winner Stein Urheim. This meeting resulted in a collection of improvisations colored by fragility and beauty. With a wide variety of electronic and acoustic instruments, Urheim also opens up a door to explore new sonic worlds. Throughout 2025, Avian Art will do live performances presenting music from this collaboration.
As a unique musical entity, Avian Art continues to tread a fresh path in the free-improvisation landscape.
Gard F. Hvammen - Piano
Peter Søreide - Guitar
Sverre S. Sæbø - Double bass
Amund Nordstrøm - Drums
A RIPPLE SONG
A RIPPLE SONG
A Ripple Song was recorded at Duper Studio on August 28, 2023, with Iver Sandøy as the engineer. The album was mixed by Mathias Marstrander and mastered by Karl Klaseie at Øra Studio.
All the music presented on the album is improvised by Avian Art and Stein Urheim, and it serves as a documentation of the first time these musicians played together. The basis for the recording was to explore collective improvisation without setting any other specific boundaries. Urheim was chosen as a guest for this recording after having played several split concerts with Avian Art, and the musicians felt a natural musical connection they wanted to explore further.
It was also a natural choice to have Mathias Marstrander mix the album after his fantastic work on Avian Art’s previous album (Hagelaget, 2021). In collaboration with the band, he has been an essential part of shaping the sound of the record through active choices in the use of effects, reverb and tone.
The cover art is created by Cecilia Nordström and is inspired by the album’s title and the music’s organic structure. The artwork is a photograph of a paper sculpture and can be directly linked to the music’s connection to nature and the forest. With the same thematic background, the album uses titles borrowed from Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book
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